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February: 3rd Japan Media Arts Festival Exhibition of Award-winning Works Dates: February 25–March 2, 2000 Venue: Sogetsu Kaikan (Akasaka, Tokyo) Entries: 796 works Visitors: 12,597 people

March: 4th Japan Media Arts Festival Exhibition of Award-winning Works Dates: March 13–18, 2001 Venue: Tokyo Metropolitan Museum of Photography (Ebisu, Tokyo) Entries: 858 works Visitors: 5,718 people

In 2003 the Museum purchased Atlas Procession I, a print by William Kentridge, the first work by this internationally renowned South African artist in the SCMA collection. This fall, Kentridge is the subject of a major exhibition at SCMA, William

March: 5th Japan Media Arts Festival Exhibition of Award-winning Works Dates: March 1–10, 2002 Venue: Tokyo Metropolitan Museum of Photography (Ebisu, Tokyo) Entries: 1,053 works Visitors: 12,958 people *The Special Prize was newly established.

February: 8th Japan Media Arts Festival Exhibition of Award-winning Works Dates: February 25–March 6, 2005 Venue: Tokyo Metropolitan Museum of Photography (Ebisu, Tokyo) Entries: 1,498 works (including 573 from overseas) Visitors: 24,658 people

February: 9th Japan Media Arts Festival Exhibition of Award-winning Works Dates: February 24–March 5, 2006 Venue: Tokyo Metropolitan Museum of Photography (Ebisu, Tokyo) Entries: 1,797 works (including 456 from overseas) Visitors: 27,246 people

William Kentridge, a native of Johannesburg (b. 1955), is an internationally acclaimed artist whose multimedia works present an arresting and forceful commentary on the contemporary cultural and sociopolitical issues in South Africa. Inspired by

Lincoln Center Great Performers Present Il Ritorno d'Ulisse March 2-6, 2004 Handspring Puppet Company Furio Zanasi - Ulisse Kristina Hammarström - Penelope Jan Kobow - Telemaco/Pisandro Marek Rzepka - Nettuno/Antinoo Atala Schoeck -

Artist and filmmaker William Kentridge has earned international acclaim for creating distinctive animated films that address the political and cultural climate of his native South Africa. In Tide Table (recently acquired by The Rose), the artist

February: 10th Japan Media Arts Festival Exhibition of Award-winning Works Dates: February 24–March 4, 2007 Venue: Tokyo Metropolitan Museum of Photography (Ebisu, Tokyo) Entries: 1,808 works (including 325 from overseas) Visitors: 26,706 people